So by your math, there are about 160,000 atheists on slashdot. Now lets flip the coin:
I'd say that 95% of the theist people on slashdot (which seems to be a lot) have never researched the matter, more than looking on the internet for "proof" of there being a God. of the 5% who have, 95% of those have probably never looked any farther than 1 book, that tries to prove God in some sense. Of the 5% who have, 95% of those haven't researched the other side of the story. That leaves umm... maybe 20 people who have actually studied enough to make a rational decision. Now I know that my math is off, but the point is, before you try and say that there is God, try actually knowing what you're talking about.
Was watching it too until Bolton freaked out at the reporter. I can see where he took offense, but he needed to calm the fuck down. Still though, that was easily the least biased reporting on TV last night.
Afterwards I turned on the Daily Show coverage and laughed my way through the rest of the night. Though I still think they called some states a bit prematurely, one state was called with "0%" of polling places having reported their numbers? Typo maybe?
In Chicago, IL, one of the largest cities in the country, the maximum I've seen is maybe 15 or 16 Mbps for cable, ADSL is even more grim. Broadband in the US is pretty bad compared to the EU.
Run that old Compaq plugged into a electricity usage meter (such as a Kill A Watt) against a Linksys running DD-WRT (or OpenWRT, Tomato, etc.) and see how much power you are wasting.
Or, if OpenWRT doesnt cut it, check what kind of power savings a Cisco 800 series would give over running an old computer 24/7.
1) Definitely agree, why cut your prices when your system is still selling out and the holidays are approaching? Even if it is the "technically" lesser system.
1b) I disagree, the $200 (USD) 360 now lets you upgrade with a free 512 MB card or a 20 GB drive for $20. First link I could find. Also, the Core has been pretty much discontinued with the Arcade taking its spot. The Arcade comes with the wireless controller, HDMI, and now you can upgrade to a 20 GB HD for 20 bucks more. Definitely the better deal at the moment. Although with larger downloadable games and demos, and HD install option on the next dashboard update, Elite or the larger HD upgrade might be the way to go. Too damn bad that you can't just throw in a standard 2.5" drive instead of paying out the ass for the Microsoft model.
Or you could click on that huge button on the top-left corner, which replaces the 'File' menu for the most part.
I have a lot of gripes about 2007 myself. But the Ribbon is actually usable after minimizing it and customizing the Quick toolbar to the things you use most often. Vertical screen real estate is a priority for me. With the ribbon minimized, it has a much smaller footprint than most other applications. My biggest gripe(other than than defaulting to the failed draft OOXML format) is that it does not follow OS conventions for theming and can look out of place if you use custom themes.
or the Computer Sciences Corporation which employs 98 thousand people, but has 16 million IP addresses (for 17 computers apiece, I guess);
Your math is either wrong or you made a typo. That would be 170 computers a piece. Just pointing out that it is even more ridiculous than your post states.
Anyway, I believe CIDR was meant to take care of this, but it was never really utilized and there was too much cruft like the examples you posted.
I was under the impression that the lawsuit was over any wireless product, not just 802.11A products. However, if only 802.11A chipsets were affected, how could the injunction ban them from selling ALL wireless devices in the US?
Plus, if Buffalo did develop its own 802.11a chipset, I don't believe it was ever imported to the US (ever looked at a Buffalo Japan catalog? there are tons of products not brought to Europe or US). I've worked with quite a few Buffalo products, and the only 802.11a products I recall were the WHR-HP-AG108 and its associated adapters, which most definitely use an Atheros chipset. Also some of their draft N products use the A band, though I believe those were Marvell chipsets (perhaps I am just thinking of the CPU here and not the wireless chip). Unless Buffalo had some older 802.11A product from the early days. Perhaps from before they bought Techworks (the RAM company) and turned it into their US office.
I hope I don't come off as being hostile, I am genuinely curious.
AFAIK, CSIRO sued Buffalo in each country where it holds this patent, and Buffalo won in all except the US. Since this story is about a dispute over a US patent, it has to go through the US legal system. Plus, the district where this was brought, is the district Buffalo's US division operates in. This district is notorious for siding with the patent-holder, even when the patent is bunk.
I am not a lawyer, but this particular patent does seem pretty legit, however they should be going after the chipset manufacturers that violate the patent directly, rather than a company manufacturing products with said chipsets. This is akin to Dell or HP being sued for a patent that Intel or AMD violated, just because they sell products that contain the offending chips.
In addition, CSIRO sued buffalo in several other countries over the respective patents, and lost all of these cases(including CSIRO's home country of Australia). This is the reason you can still import Buffalo routers from Japan and Europe.
My biggest beef is that these suits were leveraged at Buffalo, instead of the chipset manufacturers (Broadcom, Ralink, Texas Instruments, etc). If anyone truly is voilating the patents, it would be the chip providers, not the companies using the chips.
LCD monitors certainly use non-negligible amounts of power, but their colors do change slightly during warm-up. The power savings from turning a display off do not outweigh the cost of a person waiting for the display to warm up.
This is only true if the person cannot use the display until it is warmed up(graphic design, for example). However, most people can continue to use office software or check email even if some of the colors are slightly off. The power savings from an office full of monitors being off outside of business hours should more than make up for the colors.
Perhaps that software wasn't really necessary in the first place, if a small market downturn has such an extreme effect?
I'd have to say that this is a bit more than a "small market downturn". Governments don't bailout banks with $700 billion for small drops.
But yes, most "Enterprise" software really does suck and is completely unnecessary. Anyone who disagrees should try installing and maintaining a Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server and its clients for month or two. Especially when upgrading them from an older version of Symantec Ativirus.
OEMs. A lot of the cheap-ass linux desktops at Fry's and Walmart used to be sold running Lindows/Linspire (I think gOS and Xandros have stolen that market). Also, I believe they were looking to sell their "Click N Run" package manager for use in Ubuntu and possibly other distros.
They could with WPA and wireless G support(the current generation uses 802.11B), assuming they programmed their network API properly. From what I can tell, network access is controlled by the machine, not the games, so WPA could be introduced and still function with games made before the change.
Not having WPA support is a huge pain in the ass, and forces me to use DD-WRT to setup a separated WEP wifi network just for the DS.
After buying and using Windows PCs for more than 10 years I finally got too aggravated with them and bought the MacBook Pro I'm typing this on last year.
Wow, Macs really must pretty advanced if you can reply to this Slashdot thread last year.
If authentication is a requirement, then WEP and even WPA/WPA2-PSK don't even meet the requirement. Have you ever walked an "Average Joe" user through configuring WEP or WPA-PSK? It can be a fucking nightmare. Having to walk people through configuring RADIUS would drastically increase the suicide rate among tech support and help desk employees.
I work for a company that sells software and services that tracks user behavior as they travel through sites. It sees what you're clicking on, what you're searching on, how long you're taking between clicks, and a few other things.
So your software basically spies on people.* I have so much sympathy for the plight that these browser enhancements will bring you in your endeavors.
*Yes, I realize that Google and pretty much every other company with ad presence on the web does this. That doesn't mean I have to like it.
I'm just going to ignore the stupidity about ONE of the locations that CO2 levels are measured from.
Anyway, global climate change is a currently proven theory. There should be no debate on this. People, stop saying global warming is not happening, its childish to do so. However, human-caused global warming is still up for further testing.
The real issue, is that there is at least a chance that we are influencing global warming with pollution. It would be irresponsible to ignore this risk.
+ Informative adds to karma while + Funny does not. "Helpful" mods have been rating comedy posts as Informative to give the poster better karma. This practice fucks up the karma system and needs to stop. Unfortunately, stopping this probably won't be easy.
Then again, maybe I should lighten up and not care so much about this.
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So by your math, there are about 160,000 atheists on slashdot. Now lets flip the coin:
I'd say that 95% of the theist people on slashdot (which seems to be a lot) have never researched the matter, more than looking on the internet for "proof" of there being a God. of the 5% who have, 95% of those have probably never looked any farther than 1 book, that tries to prove God in some sense. Of the 5% who have, 95% of those haven't researched the other side of the story. That leaves umm... maybe 20 people who have actually studied enough to make a rational decision. Now I know that my math is off, but the point is, before you try and say that there is God, try actually knowing what you're talking about.
Was watching it too until Bolton freaked out at the reporter. I can see where he took offense, but he needed to calm the fuck down. Still though, that was easily the least biased reporting on TV last night.
Afterwards I turned on the Daily Show coverage and laughed my way through the rest of the night. Though I still think they called some states a bit prematurely, one state was called with "0%" of polling places having reported their numbers? Typo maybe?
In Chicago, IL, one of the largest cities in the country, the maximum I've seen is maybe 15 or 16 Mbps for cable, ADSL is even more grim. Broadband in the US is pretty bad compared to the EU.
Still beats Australia though...
Run that old Compaq plugged into a electricity usage meter (such as a Kill A Watt) against a Linksys running DD-WRT (or OpenWRT, Tomato, etc.) and see how much power you are wasting. Or, if OpenWRT doesnt cut it, check what kind of power savings a Cisco 800 series would give over running an old computer 24/7.
1) Definitely agree, why cut your prices when your system is still selling out and the holidays are approaching? Even if it is the "technically" lesser system.
1b) I disagree, the $200 (USD) 360 now lets you upgrade with a free 512 MB card or a 20 GB drive for $20. First link I could find. Also, the Core has been pretty much discontinued with the Arcade taking its spot. The Arcade comes with the wireless controller, HDMI, and now you can upgrade to a 20 GB HD for 20 bucks more. Definitely the better deal at the moment. Although with larger downloadable games and demos, and HD install option on the next dashboard update, Elite or the larger HD upgrade might be the way to go. Too damn bad that you can't just throw in a standard 2.5" drive instead of paying out the ass for the Microsoft model.
Or you could click on that huge button on the top-left corner, which replaces the 'File' menu for the most part.
I have a lot of gripes about 2007 myself. But the Ribbon is actually usable after minimizing it and customizing the Quick toolbar to the things you use most often. Vertical screen real estate is a priority for me. With the ribbon minimized, it has a much smaller footprint than most other applications. My biggest gripe(other than than defaulting to the failed draft OOXML format) is that it does not follow OS conventions for theming and can look out of place if you use custom themes.
Wasted all my damn mod points yesterday. You sir, deserve them all.
or the Computer Sciences Corporation which employs 98 thousand people, but has 16 million IP addresses (for 17 computers apiece, I guess);
Your math is either wrong or you made a typo. That would be 170 computers a piece. Just pointing out that it is even more ridiculous than your post states.
Anyway, I believe CIDR was meant to take care of this, but it was never really utilized and there was too much cruft like the examples you posted.
I was under the impression that the lawsuit was over any wireless product, not just 802.11A products. However, if only 802.11A chipsets were affected, how could the injunction ban them from selling ALL wireless devices in the US?
Plus, if Buffalo did develop its own 802.11a chipset, I don't believe it was ever imported to the US (ever looked at a Buffalo Japan catalog? there are tons of products not brought to Europe or US). I've worked with quite a few Buffalo products, and the only 802.11a products I recall were the WHR-HP-AG108 and its associated adapters, which most definitely use an Atheros chipset. Also some of their draft N products use the A band, though I believe those were Marvell chipsets (perhaps I am just thinking of the CPU here and not the wireless chip). Unless Buffalo had some older 802.11A product from the early days. Perhaps from before they bought Techworks (the RAM company) and turned it into their US office.
I hope I don't come off as being hostile, I am genuinely curious.
AFAIK, CSIRO sued Buffalo in each country where it holds this patent, and Buffalo won in all except the US. Since this story is about a dispute over a US patent, it has to go through the US legal system. Plus, the district where this was brought, is the district Buffalo's US division operates in. This district is notorious for siding with the patent-holder, even when the patent is bunk.
I am not a lawyer, but this particular patent does seem pretty legit, however they should be going after the chipset manufacturers that violate the patent directly, rather than a company manufacturing products with said chipsets. This is akin to Dell or HP being sued for a patent that Intel or AMD violated, just because they sell products that contain the offending chips.
In addition, CSIRO sued buffalo in several other countries over the respective patents, and lost all of these cases(including CSIRO's home country of Australia). This is the reason you can still import Buffalo routers from Japan and Europe.
My biggest beef is that these suits were leveraged at Buffalo, instead of the chipset manufacturers (Broadcom, Ralink, Texas Instruments, etc). If anyone truly is voilating the patents, it would be the chip providers, not the companies using the chips.
I see, thanks for clarifying.
If you value your time spent watching online videos at 50 dollars an hour, then yes this TiVo device is well worth the cost.
Excellent post, however:
LCD monitors certainly use non-negligible amounts of power, but their colors do change slightly during warm-up. The power savings from turning a display off do not outweigh the cost of a person waiting for the display to warm up.
This is only true if the person cannot use the display until it is warmed up(graphic design, for example). However, most people can continue to use office software or check email even if some of the colors are slightly off. The power savings from an office full of monitors being off outside of business hours should more than make up for the colors.
Perhaps that software wasn't really necessary in the first place, if a small market downturn has such an extreme effect?
I'd have to say that this is a bit more than a "small market downturn". Governments don't bailout banks with $700 billion for small drops. But yes, most "Enterprise" software really does suck and is completely unnecessary. Anyone who disagrees should try installing and maintaining a Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server and its clients for month or two. Especially when upgrading them from an older version of Symantec Ativirus.
OEMs. A lot of the cheap-ass linux desktops at Fry's and Walmart used to be sold running Lindows/Linspire (I think gOS and Xandros have stolen that market). Also, I believe they were looking to sell their "Click N Run" package manager for use in Ubuntu and possibly other distros.
They could with WPA and wireless G support(the current generation uses 802.11B), assuming they programmed their network API properly. From what I can tell, network access is controlled by the machine, not the games, so WPA could be introduced and still function with games made before the change. Not having WPA support is a huge pain in the ass, and forces me to use DD-WRT to setup a separated WEP wifi network just for the DS.
Great, now I am a grammar, spelling, and typo nazi with poor reading comprehension.
After buying and using Windows PCs for more than 10 years I finally got too aggravated with them and bought the MacBook Pro I'm typing this on last year.
Wow, Macs really must pretty advanced if you can reply to this Slashdot thread last year.
And of the 6 European Open Source projects you can name "of" the top of your head, 5 are listed.
Does this make me a grammar, spelling, and typo nazi?
If authentication is a requirement, then WEP and even WPA/WPA2-PSK don't even meet the requirement. Have you ever walked an "Average Joe" user through configuring WEP or WPA-PSK? It can be a fucking nightmare. Having to walk people through configuring RADIUS would drastically increase the suicide rate among tech support and help desk employees.
Indeed, the slashdot.org/~username page is probably one of the most significant elements of Slashdot's success, for the reasons you've stated.
Man, that guy hasn't made a post since October 21 2000. I really doubt that is one of the most significant elements of Slashdot's success.
I work for a company that sells software and services that tracks user behavior as they travel through sites. It sees what you're clicking on, what you're searching on, how long you're taking between clicks, and a few other things.
So your software basically spies on people.* I have so much sympathy for the plight that these browser enhancements will bring you in your endeavors.
*Yes, I realize that Google and pretty much every other company with ad presence on the web does this. That doesn't mean I have to like it.
I'm just going to ignore the stupidity about ONE of the locations that CO2 levels are measured from.
Anyway, global climate change is a currently proven theory. There should be no debate on this. People, stop saying global warming is not happening, its childish to do so. However, human-caused global warming is still up for further testing.
The real issue, is that there is at least a chance that we are influencing global warming with pollution. It would be irresponsible to ignore this risk.
+ Informative adds to karma while + Funny does not. "Helpful" mods have been rating comedy posts as Informative to give the poster better karma. This practice fucks up the karma system and needs to stop. Unfortunately, stopping this probably won't be easy.
Then again, maybe I should lighten up and not care so much about this.